Chapter 078: The Concubine of the Great General's Mansion
In the ruins of the Lotus Kingdom during the day, it is always refreshing, the bright sunshine, the sparkling lake, the colorful butterflies will fly to the lake from time to time, dragonflies touch the water surface with their tentacles, and quickly fly away, and then, there will be countless ripples on the water surface.
There are also some water lilies floating on the surface of the lake, and occasionally you can see something big like a frog chirping on it, and if someone approaches, it will stop the frog chirping vigilantly, "poof", and jump into the water.
These frogs are also different from the common frogs outside, they have a lotus-shaped golden bump on their foreheads, and the color of their bodies is emerald green, like the freshest bamboo, but their four small paws are golden, and they also have a small black tail.
At a glance, it looks like a frog wearing a crown, arrogant and domineering.
If you look closely, on the backs of these frogs, there is also a faint word "sheng", which appears from time to time, not very obvious, and needs to be exposed to a certain angle of sunlight to be seen occasionally.
Such a handsome and peculiar frog naturally aroused the curiosity of the children, and they chased and admired it along the lake, and sometimes threw a small stone mischievously to scare the frog.
After all, this kind of frog can't be seen in other parts of the Lotus Country, and only in the special environment left over from ancient times, such as the ruins of the Lotus Kingdom, can this special prehistoric small animal be bred.
In fact, not to mention children, even those old women who have lived all their lives have never seen frogs like this.
So the women chatting and washing clothes around the lake, as well as the old women basking in the sun, also stopped curiously what they were doing, staring at the frogs and pointing and talking about something.
But no one noticed that the frogs were jumping into the water, and not far under the water, they were swallowed by a huge black shadow, and then the other frogs in the water surfaced in horror, jumped to the shore, and fled in all directions. There are only a few frogs left who don't know what the crisis is coming, and they are still there leisurely basking in the sun.
This strange phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of the women on the shore, but it was not taken seriously.
There was only one beautiful middle-aged woman with a baby girl in her arms, but when she accidentally saw this kind of frog, she frowned, as if she was desperately trying to remember something.
When she suddenly remembered, she instinctively stared at the nearest frog in the lake, and fell into deep thought, but her face was full of endless sorrow.
I saw that while she was pondering, she would whisper a name in her mouth from time to time - Yuan Xunshuang. Reading, reading, tears fell, and he whispered to the lake with a little choked up: "Dad, don't you know how you are doing in another world?" My daughter still doesn't believe you've died in a desert storm. I don't know if you remember my daughter? You know? Dad, I live well in a remote Yanjia village according to your wishes, and I also married a husband who loves me very much, and now I have a very lovely daughter, if you are still alive, how good it would be! ”
This person is Yanyu's mother, Mrs. Yan, because in ancient times, after a woman got married, she took her husband's surname, so in the minds of other villagers, she no longer has a name, and she is referred to as Mrs. Yanyu when they meet, and gradually, everyone forgot what her real name is.
In fact, her real name is Yuan Xunshuang, and she is the daughter of Yuan Feng, the general of Liansheng Kingdom, but when she was only twelve years old, she was kicked out of the General's Mansion, and it was the eldest lady of the General's Mansion who drove them out, that is, the original wife of the General's main house, and she was still the daughter of the prince of Chaojing.
The county lord of Daizhen took advantage of the fact that during the general's expedition, after making things difficult for Yuan Xunshuang in every way, he was very ruthless, and quietly drove her out of the general's mansion at midnight on a snowy day.
The purpose is to let her freeze to death on the streets, and also coerce and lure all the maids and guards in the mansion who saw the scene, warning them not to tell the general in private, otherwise there will be no mercy!
The reason why this eldest lady hates Yuan Xunshuang so much is because the eldest lady always thinks that Yuan Xunshuang's mother killed her child and is a bad woman who will do whatever it takes for her husband.
In fact, although Yuan Xunshuang's mother is only a concubine, she is the only woman loved by the general. She and the general have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and they have no guesses, and they have long belonged to each other, and they are destined for three lives.
Helplessly, after the general joined the army, because of his resourcefulness and super martial arts, he was born to be a general, not only with great military achievements, but also won the heart of the princess of Jing Wangye's baby daughter Daizhen County Lord, after privately begging the emperor to have no regrets, she was officially married to the general.
At the moment of receiving the holy decree, the general impulsively wanted to enter the palace to face the saint and beg the emperor to withdraw the holy decree, but was stopped by his family.
Because the power of King Jing in the court cannot be underestimated, even the emperor has to give him three points, so if he offends King Jing because of the divorce, the consequences are unimaginable, after all, Lord Daizhen is the only favorite pearl of King Jing, that is, she wants the moon in the sky, and the baby daughter of King Jing who can't bear to refuse, how can she bear to be dismissed from the marriage?
Let's not talk about Prince Jing's own face, the most important thing is that the lord of Daizhen really likes the general, in this case, not to mention that the general is not engaged, even if he is married, he will also let the general divorce his wife and marry his daughter.
For King Jing, the county lord is everything to him, as long as the things that can make her happy, it is to lose her conscience, kill people and set fires, he will not hesitate for half a minute.
This is mainly because the mother of the county lord of Daizhen was killed by the prince Jing when he was young, so this has always been a thorn in his heart forever, only if he is good to the lord of Daizhen, and sees the happy appearance of the lord of Daizhen, he can feel a lot more at ease, otherwise the nightmare at midnight every night always makes him feel painful and frightened.
So even if Yuan Feng begged the emperor, the emperor agreed, but it was useless, because as long as Prince Jing did not agree to withdraw from the marriage, then Yuan Feng had to marry the lord of Daizhen into the mansion, otherwise Prince Jing's anger was enough to make more than 100 lives of the Yuan family turn into ashes overnight.
Yuan Feng, who calmed down, had no choice but to compromise, but fortunately, Yuan Xunshuang's mother was also a reasonable woman, and she did not blame Yuan Feng for breaking her promise.
A year after Yuan Feng married the lord of Daizhen, he was in a good mood after drinking with the lord of Daizhen, and by the way, he put forward the idea of wanting to take a concubine.
Subsequently, Yuan Feng got his wish and married Yuan Xunshuang's mother into the General's Mansion, and a year later, gave birth to Yuan Xunshuang.
Since the county lord of Daizhen has never come out, Yuan Xunshuang naturally became the only child of the General's Mansion, that is, the eldest lady. The lord of Daizhen didn't seem to pay attention to this, as long as the general was good to him, and he didn't deliberately target and make things difficult for Yuan Xun's mother and daughter.
However, the good times did not last long, and the lord of Daizhen was also pregnant with a child, and Daizhen, who was a first-time mother, was naturally full of joy, and hoped that the child of herself and her beloved husband would be born as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, one time, a maid in the kitchen was helping the lord of Daizhen to boil fetal medicine, accidentally napped, and did not notice that a small poisonous insect fell from the beam of the house, and happened to fall into the medicine jar, and was boiled into a medicinal soup together.
And what is even more coincidental is that on the way to the room of the county lord of Daizhen with the fetal pills, she accidentally broke her foot, and she sat on the ground and cried in pain, she knew that if she couldn't send it to the room of the lord of the county of Daizhen while the medicine was still hot, it would be a big taboo.
Because the lord of Daizhen regards all matters related to the child in his womb as a big matter, if anyone dares to neglect it, it is a very strict family law to serve, and it is not even ruled out that it will cause death!
There was a wild cat that broke into the room of the county lord of Daizhen in the middle of the night, frightened her, and also moved the fetal gas, although the doctor said that the child was safe and sound, but there was no danger, but the lord of Daizhen was still furious, and all the guards who patrolled that night were executed.
So this maid wanted to deliver the medicine to the Daizhen County Lord's room in time, but she couldn't walk at all because of the pain in her feet. Fortunately, Yuan Xunshuang's mother happened to pass by at that time, and after hearing the maid's cry and asking the reason, she enthusiastically helped the maid deliver the medicine to the room of the county lord Daizhen.
In order to prevent the county lord from blaming the maid for knowing the truth, she lost her life. also lied knowingly that in order to repay the lord of Daizhen, he had taken care of himself and his daughter all the time, so he personally boiled fetal pills for her to show his gratitude.
The lord of Daizhen didn't doubt this, because she didn't think she had treated Yuanxun's mother and daughter badly, so she drank it happily.
Who knew that it didn't take long for him to have unbearable abdominal pain, and he vomited a lot of blood and fainted, and when the imperial doctor arrived, although the order of the lord of Daizhen County was saved, the child was gone.
And what is even more unacceptable to Lord Daizhen is that she will not be able to have children in the future because of poisoning.
Since someone poisoned and murdered the county lord, Prince Jing naturally demanded that the murderer be severely punished, and the only object of suspicion of the murderer was Yuan Xunshuangniang, who admitted that he had boiled the medicine.
For a while, Yuan Xun's mother and mother were also at a loss, even if she told the truth at this moment, she was just kind enough to help the maid deliver medicine, and no one would believe her.
Besides, after the maid knew about this incident, she was also worried that she would affect herself, so she kept silent, pretended not to know, and did not take the initiative to admit all this, so Yuan Xunshuang's mother was naturally taken to the prison and waited to be executed.
Yuan Xun's mother-in-law in the prison told Yuan Feng what had happened, and asked Yuan Feng not to offend Lord Jing for her, all this was her life, and she admitted it. The only wish is to hope that Yuan Feng can raise their daughter to adulthood, marry a good family in the future, and have a good home, she is enough to be blind.
However, when Yuan Feng rushed to find the maid to help testify, he found that the maid died in the well, and there was a suicide note left by the well, which meant that because she witnessed the process of Yuan Xun Shuangniang's poisoning, she was threatened not to tell anyone.
In this way, it is even more ironclad, although Yuan Feng rushed into the emperor's imperial study like crazy, expressing his willingness to exchange all his exploits for the life of Yuan Xunshuang's mother, it was still too late, because the emperor told him that Yuan Xunshuang's mother couldn't think about it for a while after hearing that the maid identified her as the poisoner and committed suicide by throwing herself into the well, and hanged herself in the prison.
also said that this matter is over, and he will no longer pursue the joint and several crimes of Yuan Xun Shuangniang's other family members, and let him bring the body back and bury it alive.